Take the school backpack, for example. Its invention can be traced to one man, Murray McCory, who died last month. McCory ...

In rural northeast Louisiana, the leaders of a small school district took a drastic step this week in response to an eruption ...

PHOTO PROVIDED The Blessings in a Backpack program at Covenant United Methodist Church, 44 W. Main St., Lock Haven, provides ...

Murray McCory, JanSport co-founder and modern day backpack creator, has died at 80. McCory founded JanSport in 1967 with his then-future wife and later developed a way to make smaller, softer ...

Seattle-based entrepreneur and inventor of the modern backpack, Murray McCory, died last month at the age of 80.

On Thursday, you couldn't miss the illuminated flood warning sign. A team of people working rapidly filled sand bags, ...

Reed Marutiak had the weight of the world on his shoulders. It’s a lot to carry for a Hartwood Elementary fourth grader in ...

Welcome to the new frontier of children’s parties, where the only thing inflated more than the balloons are the blockbuster ...

Alyssa Church of Hays has earned the highest award in Girl Scouting— the Gold Award, and she will be recognized this weekend ...

About once a month, Met Gallagher drops off bags in the Saratoga Elementary basement. It’s filled with multiple sizes of underwear and pants in case of emergencies.

HAMAMATSU--An unusual collaboration between a newspaper delivery shop and an eyewear accessory company here led to the development of "randoseru" school backpacks that can be used as makeshift ...